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Internet type change and speed upgrade
TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on July 30, 2015, 10:34:34 AM ---You're lucky!
I pay for up to 20 meg. Fastest I have ever seen is 7.5 - usually between 4-6. Often drops below 2!!!!!
We are the furthest point on the line, in the middle of nowhere - no cellphone reception. Router supplied is garbage, but cant use another, as it also gives our telephone, and some TV services (although we don't use the French TV service, as it's generally just trashy soap operas and bizarre quiz shows.)
Added to that, we have other complications. We have 4 houses - over winter I ran Ethernet to each of the other 3 houses, to a wireless access point, giving them direct access back to the router. And as the houses are all stone built, with walls sometimes up to a meter thick, a number of boosters are necessary in our house, as the office is on the top floor, and the router on the ground floor.
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Yeah, but at least you've got the view. ;)
Arseen:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on July 30, 2015, 10:29:24 AM ---
--- Quote from: Arseen on July 30, 2015, 10:24:25 AM ---The prices here are quite good.
The one I'm watching is 20 Euros per month for first year, 30 per month after that... but i think I can get better deal.
Modem is price is 216 Euros but you can divide that to 12, 24 or 36 payments if you want without extra cost.
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The problem for us is that 4G LTE is NOT unlimited and the packages with enough data to cover us from going over make the deal cost prohibitive. But I've been saying for a while now that once that cost comes down I am done with my current provider.
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Here it's with unlimited data. ;D
TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: Arseen on July 30, 2015, 11:12:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on July 30, 2015, 10:29:24 AM ---
--- Quote from: Arseen on July 30, 2015, 10:24:25 AM ---The prices here are quite good.
The one I'm watching is 20 Euros per month for first year, 30 per month after that... but i think I can get better deal.
Modem is price is 216 Euros but you can divide that to 12, 24 or 36 payments if you want without extra cost.
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The problem for us is that 4G LTE is NOT unlimited and the packages with enough data to cover us from going over make the deal cost prohibitive. But I've been saying for a while now that once that cost comes down I am done with my current provider.
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Here it's with unlimited data. ;D
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Over here, there are a handfull of providers that offer unlimited data, but their service is terrible and reception where I live is nonexistant. Of course the providers with great reception limit their data. ::)
Arseen:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on July 30, 2015, 11:14:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: Arseen on July 30, 2015, 11:12:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on July 30, 2015, 10:29:24 AM ---
--- Quote from: Arseen on July 30, 2015, 10:24:25 AM ---The prices here are quite good.
The one I'm watching is 20 Euros per month for first year, 30 per month after that... but i think I can get better deal.
Modem is price is 216 Euros but you can divide that to 12, 24 or 36 payments if you want without extra cost.
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The problem for us is that 4G LTE is NOT unlimited and the packages with enough data to cover us from going over make the deal cost prohibitive. But I've been saying for a while now that once that cost comes down I am done with my current provider.
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Here it's with unlimited data. ;D
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Over here, there are a handfull of providers that offer unlimited data, but their service is terrible and reception where I live is nonexistant. Of course the providers with great reception limit their data. ::)
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The one I'm looking at should have the best coverage in Finland.
or atleast the map shows solid blue (which is their 4G LTE color) cover over my house.
There are few 20 meter or so blank spots 3 kilometers away but those is in the heavily forested swampy and hilly area and nobody lives there.
On side note:
The mobile phone antennas are on their own independent power grid with battery back up here so they don't go out with power for long time.
Longest power outage here was 4 days few years back and mobile network was unaffected.
And I checked that the modem runs on 12 volts so I can easily hook it up to heavy-duty battery so that the internet will not go out even with power outage... combine that with laptop and no internetless times for me anymore!
TDIRunner:
--- Quote ---On side note:
The mobile phone antennas are on their own independent power grid with battery back up here so they don't go out with power for long time.
Longest power outage here was 4 days few years back and mobile network was unaffected.
And I checked that the modem runs on 12 volts so I can easily hook it up to heavy-duty battery so that the internet will not go out even with power outage... combine that with laptop and no internetless times for me anymore!
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God forbid you loose the internet!!!!!! ;D ;)